Question 1

1-64.During the late nineteenth century,alienists

Accepted Answer

A) focused on removing evil demons from the psyche. 
B) employed techniques such as drugging,restraint,and bleeding. 
C) did not view mental illnesses as treatable. 
D) incorporated moral management therapy into treatments.

Question 2

1-86.The ancestral roots of what we now know as psychoanalysis can be traced back to

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A) the study of hypnosis. 
B) early beliefs in demonology and possession. 
C) the discovery of the cause of general paresis. 
D) Dorothea Dix.

Question 3

1-62.In the early nineteenth century,psychiatrists were referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) alienists. 
B) lunatics. 
C) soothsayers. 
D) purgatists.

Question 4

1-89.The study of hypnosis and its relationship to hysteria was the starting point for

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A) the medical model. 
B) the biological classification of mental disorders. 
C) psychoanalysis. 
D) the mental hygiene movement.

Question 5

1-87.Mesmer was a proponent of

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A) humanitarianism. 
B) community mental health clinics. 
C) the mental hygiene movement. 
D) the power of animal magnetism.

Question 6

1-45.Philippe Pinel

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A) believed that mental illness was due to possession by demons and exorcism was the only useful treatment. 
B) believed that mental patients needed to choose rationality over insanity,so treatment was aimed at making their lives as patients uncomfortable. 
C) believed that mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as such - with kindness and caring. 
D) believed that mental illness was purely a physiological phenomena,and could only be treated by physical means such as bloodletting.

Question 7

1-69.During the early twentieth century,

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A) more asylums and mental hospitals were established. 
B) most of the institutionalized mentally ill received moral therapy. 
C) hospital stays tended to be brief. 
D) housed very few people.

Question 8

1-25.The fact that episodes of mass madness peaked at the time of the Black Death illustrates that

Accepted Answer

A) mass hysteria usually has a biological basis. 
B) mental and physical illnesses commonly occur together. 
C) phenomena that impact the society and its structure may also affect mental health. 
D) mental illnesses really are caused by imbalances in the four bodily humors.

Question 9

1-24.What is lycanthropy?

Accepted Answer

A) A form of mass hysteria characterized by wild dance-like movements 
B) A condition in which people believe themselves to be possessed by wolves 
C) A form of mass madness seen only in men 
D) A form of mass hysteria now known to have been drug-induced

Question 10

1-85.The first classification of mental disorders involved

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A) identifying the biological causes of the disorders,so a person could be tested for them. 
B) understanding the theoretical descriptions of different disorders. 
C) recognizing symptoms that occurred together often enough to be regarded as a type of mental disorder. 
D) identifying the types of thoughts that people with different mental illnesses tended to have.

Question 11

1-72.The Hill-Burton Act

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A) ended the moral hygiene movement. 
B) contributed to the practice of warehousing the mentally ill. 
C) provided funding for mental health treatment in the community. 
D) legislated the creation of 50% more inpatient facilities for the mentally ill.

Question 12

1-65.The "neurasthenia" recognized in the 1800s resembles today's diagnosis of

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety. 
B) schizophrenia. 
C) bipolar disorder. 
D) depression.

Question 13

1-71.Which of the following served to publicize the plight of the mentally ill in the mid 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A) The publication of A Mind That Found Itself 
B) The publication of The Snake Pit 
C) The research funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health 
D) The passage of the Community Health Services act

Question 14

1-50.Who is considered the founder of American psychiatry?

Accepted Answer

A) William Tuke 
B) Dorothea Dix 
C) Benjamin Rush 
D) Clifford Beers

Question 15

The surgical procedure used by physicians that initially used an ice pick to treat severe mental disorder is a __________ .

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The answer of The surgical procedure used by physicians that...

Question 16

1-38.If you visited an asylum in the 16th Century in Europe you would likely find

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A) a place which mixed together the mentally ill,the poor,criminals,and the physically ill. 
B) exorcisms being done by priests. 
C) a place where people were given good food,work,and rest so they could recover. 
D) mentally ill people living in conditions of filth and cruelty.

Question 17

______________ was the person who revolutionized moral management in the
treatment of mental patients in the late 1700s.

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The answer of ______________ was the person who revolutionized moral...

Question 18

3-14.What is the central theme of the behavioral perspective?

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The answer of 3-14.What is the central theme of the...

Question 19

1-28.A common treatment for mental illness during the Middle Ages in Europe was

Accepted Answer

A) exorcism. 
B) fresh air and supportive surroundings. 
C) banishment. 
D) an early form of psychoanalytic dream interpretation.

Question 20

1-35.Who was one of the first physicians in the early 1500s to criticize the idea that mental illness was due to demon possession (although he did believe the moon influenced the brain)?

Accepted Answer

A) Paracelsus 
B) Galen 
C) Pinel 
D) Hippocrates

Exam 2: Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior